Golden Aster Mine

The Golden Aster Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,999 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Golden Aster Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Yavapai

Elevation: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 34.09472, -112.45500

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Golden Aster Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Golden Aster Mine
Secondary: Lehman Mine
Secondary: Lehman Property
Secondary: Rattlesnake Vein


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper


Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Castle Creek District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Gus Lehman Champie
Years: 1936 -

Owner Name: Golden Aster Mining Co.
Years: 1936 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1929
Year Last Production: 1936
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Low-Angle (Less Than 50 Degree Dip) Faults Which Trend Nw

Type: R
Description: Foliation In Precambrian Schist Trends N20e To N50e. Tertiary Volcanics Dip Ne, Strike Nw


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor Fe-Staining


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite


Comments

Comment (Location): GOLDEN ASTER MINE PROBABLY CONTAINS TWO VEINS, THE RATTLESNAKE AND THE WILLIE. THE GOLDEN ASTER (LEHMAN) IS NOT THE SAME MINE AS THE CHAMPIE MINE (LEHMAN), WEST OF COPPEROPOLIS.

Comment (Development): IN 1936 THE GOLDEN ASTER MINING CO. WAS OWNED BY THE CHAMPIE BROTHERS, IN 1938, RECORDS SHOW OWNER AS MRS. E. CHAMPIE. 15 CLAIMS PRESENT

Comment (Deposit): THREE PARALLEL VEINS CLOSE TOGETHER, 2 FT, 6 IN AND 6 FT WIDE

Comment (Workings): 1,000 FEET OF TUNNELS AND RAISES

Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN LOCALIZED ALONG LOW-ANGLE FAULT WHICH PROBABLY DISPLACES TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS TO THE SOUTHEAST. DEPOSIT AGE PROBABLY MIOCENE

Comment (Deposit): USGS BULL 782, P. 183 GIVES THE AGE OF THE VEINS AS PRE-CAMBRIAN. DIORITE DIKES STRIKE EAST-WEST AND DIP SOUTH ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT


References

Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 137, P. 62

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 782, P. 187

Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MIN RES FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA


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